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Dorking Wanderers boss Marc White has praised his team for “stepping up” after a rollicking following their FA Cup exit.

Wanderers were stunned by Tooting & Mitcham United in the FA Cup second qualifying round and looked to be in for another tongue-lashing from White as they trailed 2-0 at Billericay Town with five minutes to go on Saturday (September 28).

But late goals from David Ray and Jason Prior earned a point, and White was pleased with how his team responded.

White admitted that some of his players were “lethargic” but felt his side were well worth a point on the day.

He said: “In the situation it’s a fantastic point, we didn’t give up the ghost. A negative is that some players were a bit off the pace, a bit lethargic. We are known as a fast-flowing football team, so we obviously weren’t playing to our strengths too much.

David Ray celebrates at the end of the match (Image: Steve O'Sullivan)

“We are trying to create big moments, so seeing the fans bundle onto the players means we achieved our objective. We’ve won at full-time Maidstone, beaten a big club like Dartford, and now had two last minute goals against Billericay.

“I gave the players a really hard time last weekend, the FA Cup was our big financial and mental focus. Luckily, a lot of individuals stepped up significantly this week, so that was great.”

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White claimed that Billericay’s goals were only from “mistakes on our behalf”, but still feels his team did well given the opposition’s circumstances. It was former Tottenham man Jamie O’Hara’s first game in charge and he named four new signings in the starting lineup.

“I made the point before the game that Billericay are going through some changes, we knew it would be hard to predict what we’d be up against,” White said.

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And on the subject of new signings, the Wanderers boss is looking to make some of his own.

“I think we’ll bring one or two in,” he admitted. “As always, we value our continuity; we settle down in a new league, give all players a fair opportunity, and then see where we can improve.

David Ray scores at Billericay (Image: Steve O'sullivan)

“This is a big league to compete in, I pinch myself all the time, but we are competing. We are threatening the play-off spots. We’ve come away with points from teams I would never have dreamed of playing against, so we don’t need to do too much more to compete.”

The draw with Billericay made it five league games unbeaten for Wanderers and White will hope the juggernaut continues to roll on October 12, when Dorking host Hungerford at Meadowbank.